More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service
Fund  Funding Year 2002.

This ninth wave notified 470 schools and libraries applicants.

The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally to
schools and libraries in the form of a discount on eligible services
for this wave: over $38.1 million.

NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey
in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $25,463.94.
Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $21,910,852.98, which
is 3% of national total thus far (approximately $725 million).

The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave nine: 2.

The number of agencies notified in this ninth wave: 2. (New Jersey
comprised 0.4% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)

Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services
in the following categories:

Public School Districts: 1 (0 Abbott districts received awards in
this wave)
Nonpublic Schools: 1
Public Libraries: 0